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Trains in Thailand are very very cheap, so many hitchhikers opt for heading down to the main train station and catching a train to some place outside of the big city.
Another option that can seem a bit more stressful, but is perfectly possible is to start hitching right from the center. If you're standing in a decent enough spot someone should stop within 10 minutes.
Near by skytrain's station "Wongwian yai" there is a rail road station (13.724441, 100.491312). Frim this station yuo can take a train === To the North direction to the last stop "Maha Chai" (13.545823Chiang Rai, 100.275569).There are a lot of trains from 5 a.m.Myanmar, price is 15 bat Laos ===0.5$.
Highway 1 heading north starts at the Victory Monument. Two bus lines will take you a good way up the road: 39 and 510. Get off at the last stop
[http://www.transitbangkok.com/stations/Bangkok%20Bus/Thamassat%20University%2C%20Rangsit%20Campus Thamassat University, Rangsit Campus] ( มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ รังสิต). Bus 39 doesn't depart from the bus stop listing its number, instead it stops at a different part of the roundabout. [https://www.google.la/maps/dir/13.7653562,100.5378708//@13.7654682,100.5403975,18z?hl=en/html/ here] if user [[User:Jans|Jans]] recalls correctly
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'''Bangkok''' (กรุงเทพมหานคร, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon) is the capital of [[Thailand]]. It's a pretty big sprawling city yet it's quite easily managed once you get your head around it.
== Hitching out ==
=== To the South direction to Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phuket, Krabi, Malaysia === Near by skytrain's station "Wongwian yai" there is a rail road station (13.724441, 100.491312). Frim this station yuo can take a train to the last stop "Maha Chai" (13.545823, 100.275569). Look for Rama 2 Road
Two bus lines will take you to good spot 39 and 510. Get off at the last stop [http://www.transitbangkok.com/stations/Bangkok%20Bus/Thamassat%20University%2C%20Rangsit%20Campus Thamassat University, Rangsit Campus] ( มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ รังสิต ). Road 32 starts there === To the North East direction to Pattaya, Cambodia === Hitchike from the front of Lat Krabang Bus Terminal (bus 517AC goes there) direction to highway 7 with sign Chon Buri. If you walk forward 2 km you will get at same highway upramp. Also there is a motorway rest stop after Miltitary base seems like you can walk there JUST BY GRASS NEXT TO THE BASE (looking from VVP4x4center shop side) and cars will drive towards you
== Eating and Sleeping ==
There's a [https://www.google.com/maps/place/13%C2%B044'14.4%22N+100%C2%B033'40.0%22E/@13.7373313,100.5605528,177m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d13.73733!4d100.5611 Namdhari Sangat of Thailand Sikh temple] near Sukhumvit MRT station [13.73733N, 100.5611E] where you can get free food between 9am and 11.30am and 6/6.30pm to 9/9.30pm. To find it, locate the exit of the station that is in the North along Thanon Montri Rd., turn right and walk some hundred meters. The temple is on your right, you can recognise it by the Indians dressed in white that are hanging out on the square before it. Keep in mind that you should cover your head (also as a male) and also show your reverence by going into the room on your right and bowing to all the spiritual men and all the pictures of spiritual men in this room. When you leave it, you'll be rewarded with a sweet :-) afterwards just hang out in the main hall until somebody notices you; they'll know you're there for the food. After the meal you're expected to wash your dishes. In this temple, there's always people sleeping as well, so if you charm them they might let you crash with them for a couple of nights as well.
== Public Transportation ==
There are SOME red buses throughout the city which are free. Before boarding a red bus, make sure you see the word 'free' (ฟรี) written somewhere on the front of the bus (sometimes there is a blue circle with the word in white; other times it is at the end of a sentence). Just hop on and hop off wherever you please. Bus 15 is good to see Khao San Rd, Siam Shopping district, Ratchadamri Road, Asiatique Market and everything in between.
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